HDD's - the Advertized size vs the Actual size.

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nope, laptop is brand new..
will post later, i didnt bring my personal laptop at the office, currently working...

thanks though for the response..
 

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pls see snapshot...

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i have right click it and click "change drive and letter path" to F... it is now accessible... inside is the DOS... but its still is FAT32...

and, could i shrink it from 58G to 1G??
 

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sweetnightmare said:
i have right click it and click "change drive and letter path" to F... it is now accessible... inside is the DOS... but its still is FAT32...

and, could i shrink it from 58G to 1G??
Click to expand...

As Britton asked, please fill out your system specs so we know more details about your laptop.

You have DOS on the 58 GB partition?? Why?

Did you make that 58 GB partition or was it there when you bought the laptop?
 

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32bit win7 is temporary OS... ive already availed the 64bit win7 OS...
DOS is free after i bought this laptop...

no,i didnt make this partition...
 

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You did not need to post those pictures.

You do need to fill out your system specifications through the user control panel.

Did you build this PC? If it is laptop, what is the make and model?

Why do you need DOS?
 

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i did post the disk management.. pls see above, right after britton30 comment...

i did not build this.. it is a laptop...

buying this unit comes with no OS but free DOS.. but i dont need the DOS anyway..

it is an MSI GT780 laptop..

heres a sample link model.. MSI Global ? Notebook - GT780

btw, mine is i5 8G ram variant...

im just asking why there's a need for this 58G to be FAT32... i did some experiments and i have already access it and can be formatted to NTFS...
 

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and, i didnt availed the free DOS.. it was already built-in inside the laptop once bought..
 

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I know nothing about Free DOS, but it may require FAT 32. I have no idea.

I seriously doubt the 58 GB drive needs to be that large. You could shrink it and then reassign the saved space to the other drive, using Partition Wizard bootable disk.

If you have a Windows 7 installation disc and a valid Product Key, you could start over and get rid of the FAT 32 partition entirely.

If you don't have an installation disk, you can download an ISO.

I don't know what would happen if you convert the FAT32 partition to NTFS. Maybe that would work fine, but I am wondering why the manufacturer used FAT32.

If I had an install disc and no need for Free DOS, I would probably start over.

If you don't want to start over, you should certainly be able to shrink the 58 GB partition way down--maybe to 1 GB or less.

I'm not sure what you mean by "availed".

The 58 GB partition also appears to contain your boot files, so it cannot simply be deleted unless you do a clean installation.
 

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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
i just thought after i said "laptop comes with no OS but with free DOS", i was thinking that you think i bought this laptop with no OS but i avail the free DOS....

anyway, DOS is already built-in when i bought this laptop..



i did right click ths 58G FAT32, change the drive letter path and now it is accessible...

but i cannot click the shrink button...

this is all for now, im late for work.. will be back once i access the forums at the office..
thanks..
 

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sweetnightmare said:
i did right click ths 58G FAT32, change the drive letter path and now it is accessible...

but i cannot click the shrink button...
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There is not much point in using Windows Disk Management to shrink that partition. Even if you could shrink it, you could not reassign the space to the other drive with Windows Disk Management.

Use the bootable version of Partition Wizard to shrink and reassign the space--if that is what you want to do.

I would probably just start over and reinstall Windows, deleting all existing partitions in the process. You would end up with a very small "System Reserved" NTFS partition (no more than 200 MB in size) and a large C partition containing the entire remainder of the drive, formatted NTFS.

You may be confused about the meaning of "avail"?
 

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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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none; graphics are integrated on CPU
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onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
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Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
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System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
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Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
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Antec Solo II
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Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
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Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
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Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
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Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
will get back to you once i have re-installed the OS later this night..

thanks a lot..
 

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